A 7-year-old child is being airlifted to Tampa General Hospital this morning after being struck by a car in Dover, rescue officials said. ...more

February 27, 2009

At the beginning of the season, first-year Lake Placid coach David Veley wasn't seeing the amount of effort he wanted out of his team while trying to implement a new system. ...more

February 15, 2009

Lee Amos scored 37 points, including a game-winining eight footer with three seconds to play on Friday as the Mulberry boys basketball team held off a fierce Lake Placid rally to advance to the finals of the Class 3A-District 10 tournament at McKeel Academy. ...more

February 13, 2009

Imagine using one transponder on toll roads in New York, Georgia and Florida. ...more

February 9, 2009

Imagine using one transponder on toll roads in New York, Georgia and Florida. Toll agencies nationwide are imagining the same thing. Now the agencies are talking about bridging their differences by using high-speed digital cameras. ...more

February 6, 2009

The Lake Placid boys basketball team appears to be coming together at the right time. ...more

February 4, 2009

The Lake Placid boys soccer team fell to Mulberry by a score of 3-0 in Tuesday night's Class 3A-District 8 semifinal at the Phosphate Bowl in a match that was called with 30:12 remaining in the second half when Green Dragon coach Josh Virkler was ejected for aruging with the referee. ...more

January 29, 2009

A Hillsborough County deputy and his wife were arrested, charged with domestic battery, Polk County deputies say. ...more

January 28, 2009

The Mulberry boys soccer team scored two early goals on their way to a 3-0 ejection-shortened victory over the Lake Placid boys soccer team in the semifinals of the Class 3A-District 8 tournament. The match was called with 30 minutes remaining after Lake Placid coach Josh Virkler was thrown out of the game for arguing with the referee. "It's a disappointing way to end the season," Virkler said. "It was a bad error on my part." ...more

January 27, 2009

Cleveland Nobles scored nine points and Avierre Conner and Tekovian Miller each added eight on Friday night to lead the Avon Park boys basketball team to a 38-29 victory over DeSoto in a crucial Class 4A-District 10 match. ...more

January 25, 2009